First, let's set the record straight. Neither scripture nor the Pope are saying that people who suffer from alcoholism should just go ahead and fall of the wagon and drink. Not at all.
What he is saying is that worrying about what someone might do with the money you give is not a good enough reason to not do what is always right. The scripture doesn't tell us to scrutinize the poor and then determine whether their pleas meet our requirements for giving.
Drinking wine is not a sin. But walking by a person with indifference or distain is an indignity to humanity and the divine.
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